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Episode 357 — "A Brief Word On Sextus Empiricus And The Goal Of Skepticism"

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2. Episode Seventy-Two - Alternative Explanations in Science, and The Size of The Sun 7
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Episode 244 - Cicero's OTNOTG 19 - Zeno's Paradoxes - Profundity Or Gaslighting? 18

Episode Twelve - Nothing But Combinations Of Matter And Void 7

Episode Forty - The Mind and Spirit Are Bodily, Composed of Very Fine Atoms 7

Episode Sixty-Six - The End of All Things (But Not Of The Universe Itself!) 7

Episode Seventy-Two - Alternative Explanations in Science, and The Size of The Sun 7

Episode Eight-Four - Meteorology: Thunder and Lightning - Very Very Frightning Part Two 7

Episode One Hundred - Concluding On Justice With A Shout To Keep The Virtues In Their Proper Place 7

Episode One Hundred One - Corollaries to the Doctrines - Part One 7

Episode One Hundred Twelve - Epicurus' Letter to Herodotus 01 (Introduction) 7

Episode One Hundred Twenty-Two - Letter to Herodotus 10 - What it Means to "Exist" - Properties and Qualities 7

Episode One Hundred Forty Two - Diogenes of Oinoanda (Part 2) "Reality" 7

Episode 162 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 16 - Chapter 8 - Sensations, Anticipations, And Feelings 03 7

Episode 181 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 33 - Chapter 14 - The New Virtues 01 7

Episode 184 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 36 - Chapter 14 - The New Virtues 07 7

Episode 206 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 14 - More On The Nature of Morality 7

Episode 218 Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 25 - Can The Epicurean Not Distinguish Between Greater and Lesser Pleasures and Pains? 7

Episode 223 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 29 - Are Epicureans Undertaking The Exertions Of Life For Nothing More Than A Drop Of Honey? 7

Episode 229 - Cicero's OTNOTG - 04 - Velleius Continues His Attack On Intelligent Design 7

Episode 239 - Cicero's OTNOTG 14 - The Dishonesty Of Academic Skepticism vs. Epicurus' Commitment To Truth 7

Episode 240 - Cicero's OTNOTG 15 - The False Allegation That "General Assent" Was The Epicurean Basis For Divinity 7

Episode 268 - Pleasure Is The Guide Of Life (The Role of Pleasure In Life) 7

Episode 282 - TD13 - Is A Trifling Pain A Greater Evil Than The Worst Infamy? 7

Episode 328 - EATAQ 10 - Sensation - While Neither Right or Wrong - As The Touchstone Of Reality 7

Episode Thirteen - Properties, Qualities, And the Trojan War 8

Episode Twenty-Nine - The Earth As Allegorical Mother of All 8

Episode One Hundred Seven - The Epicurean Emphasis on Natural Science 8

Episode One Hundred Ten - The Epicurean View of Friendship (Part 2) 8

Episode 174 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 26 - Chapter 12 - The New Hedonism 03 8

Episode 178 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 30 - Chapter 13 - The True Piety 01 8

Episode 182 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 34 - Chapter 14 - The New Virtues 02 8

Episode 199 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 08 8

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